October 2018: ATP & WTA Champions

History was made this month by Stefanos Tsitsipas; the twenty year old became the first Greek player to win an ATP World Tour title when he won his first singles title by defeating Ernests Gulbis to claim the Intrum Stockholm Open trophy. Eighteen year old Dayana Yastremska made it to her first WTA final and won her first singles title at the Hong Kong Tennis Open. No longer in the shadow of his much more famous countryman, Andy Murray; Kyle Edmund won his first singles title at the European Open. Congratulations to all the first time champions.

TOURNAMENTS

SINGLES

DOUBLES

CHINA OPEN

Nikoloz Basilashvili def. Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4, 6-4

Caroline Wozniacki def. Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 6-3

Kubot/Melo def. Marach/Pavic 6-1, 6-4

Sestini Hlavackov/Strycova def. Dabrowski/Xu 4-6, 6-4, 10-8

RAKUTEN OPEN

Daniil Medvedev def. Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4

McLachlan/Struff def. Klaasen/Venus 6-4, 7-5

ROLEX SHANGHAI MASTERS

Novak Djokovic def. Borna Coric 6-3, 6-4

Kubot/Melo def. Murray/Soares 6-4, 6-2

TIANJIN OPEN

Caroline Garcia def. Karolina Pliskova 7-6(7), 6-3

Melichar/Peschke def. Adamczak/Moore 6-4, 6-2

HONG KONG TENNIS OPEN

Dayana Yastremska def. Qiang Wang 6-2, 6-1

FIRST CAREER SINGLES TITLE

Stosur/Zhang def. Aoyama/Marozava 6-4, 6-4

UA LADIES LINZ

Camila Giorgi def. Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-1

Flipkens/Larsson def. Atawo/Groenefeld 4-6, 6-4, 10-5

VTB KREMLIN CUP

Daria Kasatkina def. Ons Jabeur 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-4

Karen Khachanov def. Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-2

Panova/Siegemund def. Jurak/Olaru 6-2, 7-6(2)

Krajicek/Ram def. Mirnyi/Oswald 7-6(4), 6-4

EUROPEAN OPEN

Kyle Edmund def. Gael Monfils 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(4)

FIRST CAREER SINGLES TITLE

Mahut/Roger-Vasselin def. Demoliner/Gonzalez 6-4, 7-5

INTRUM STOCKHOLM OPEN

Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Ernests Gulbis 6-4, 6-4

FIRST CAREER SINGLES TITLE

Bambridge/O’Mara def. Daniell/Koolhof 7-5, 7-6(8)

LUXEMBOURG OPEN

Julia Goerges def. Belinda Bencic 6-4, 7-5

Minnen/Van Uytvanck def. Lapko/Minella 7-6(3), 6-2

BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS

Elina Svitolina def. Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-2, 6-2

Babos/Mladenovic def. Krejcikova/Siniakova 6-4, 7-5

ERSTE OPEN 500

Kevin Anderson def. Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-6(3)

Salisbury/Skupski def. Bryan/Roger-Vasselin 7-6(5), 6-3

SWISS INDOORS

Roger Federer def. Marius Copil 7-6(5), 6-4

Inglot/Skugor def. A. Zverev/M. Zverev 6-2, 7-5

The WTA season ends for most of the women at the end of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals; however, some players try to get the most out of their season by playing in a few smaller tournaments offered by the WTA (Mumbai Open, Open de Limoges, Taipei OEC Open and the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai).